Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall
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Actor: Bruno Walter, Jan Peerce, Jascha Heifetz, Lily Pons, Marsha Hunt
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Mono
Format: Classical, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 144 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bel Canto Society

Movie Reviews of Carnegie Hall

Movie Review: Excellent DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

First off, there are a couple versions of this DVD. The producers of this version made a special effort to gather all of the material that was recorded for the original movie. No other version has all of this material. I have not listened to both versions, but I would expect the sound quality on this one to be at least as high.

Now the movie itself: I bought this DVD only to watch the many phenomenal musicians listed. Indeed, there are many incredible performances on this DVD which can not be found anywhere else. And that makes this DVD invaluable. What surprised me though, was that I actually enjoyed the movie (The structure is that of a drama in which the main characters go to Carnegie Hall frequently to watch the performances) as well. Certainly the performances are the highlight of the DVD, but don't automatically expect that you'll be fast-forwarding through this to get to them.

In summary: You will not regret this purchase :)

Summary of Carnegie Hall

The Bel Canto Society print of Carnegie Hall is the only one that is complete, with all the musical selections. The currently competing version is missing Lily Pons's "Vocalise" (Rachmaninoff) and more than half of Bruno Walter's Meistersinger prelude. Moreover, although that version announces Rise Stevens in "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" (Samson et Dalila), it omits the selection and jumps to the next one. The Bel Canto Society version includes these selections complete and all others.

The Bel Canto Society version has PCM audio, with the transfer from analog to digital using the Lavry Gold converter. The competing version has Dolby Digital audio, at 192kHz, which omits 87 percent of the sound.

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